different between tenner vs tenter

English

Etymology

ten +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?n?(r)
• Homophone: tenor

Noun

tenner (plural tenners)

1. (informal) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.
2. (film, slang) A kind of 10-kilowatt lamp.
   • 2008, Blain Brown, Motion Picture and Video Lighting (page 11)

     The basic 10K, known as a tenner or studio 10K, has a 20-inch fresnel. The big daddy of the group is the Big Eye tenner, which has a 24-inch lens.

3. A tennis shoe.

Translations

See also

• fiver

Anagrams

• rennet

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tenner m or f

1. indefinite plural of tann

Verb

tenner

1. present of tenne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tenner f

1. indefinite plural of tann

English

Etymology

Via Old French, perhaps from Latin tentorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n.t??/

Noun

tenter (plural tenters)

1. A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
2. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
3. (engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device.

Translations

Verb

tenter (third-person singular simple present tenters, present participle tentering, simple past and past participle tentered)

1. (transitive) To stretch cloth on such a framework.
2. (intransitive) To admit extension; to be stretchable.

Derived terms

• tenterhook

Translations

Anagrams

• Netter, netter, retent

French

Etymology

From Middle French tenter, from Old French tempter, from Latin tempt?re, present active infinitive of tempt?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.te/

Verb

tenter

1. (with de for verbs) to attempt

   Synonyms: essayer, entreprendre

2. to tempt

3. to be desirable or interesting to; to be something one feels like doing.

   Ça te tente de prendre une bière?

   Do you feel like having a beer?

   J'ai tellement de devoirs à faire mais ça ne me tente pas.

   I have so much homework to do, but I don't feel like it.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tenter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• trente, Trente

Latin

Verb

tenter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of tent?

Norman

Etymology

From Latin tempt?, tempt?re.

Verb

tenter

1. (Jersey) to try

Synonyms

• tâchi